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Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Essence gel nails event

This was a press event but thanks to Persa I got invited to try out their gel nails kits for a gel manicure you can do at home. I will write about the event itself and in the future you will get a post with a more detailed review and how to do this yourselves.

Here is a small version of the UV lamp, this one is now available in the stores and we got this one to try out at home, which I am doing these days so expect my results in the upcoming month, I hope I can stick it out and try for how long this manicure lasts on me, you know I'm very prone to changing my nail polish very often.

I also had to try the new moisturizing cuticle cream, I can't say much after one use, but it's perfumed, a nice scent, not to greasy, it sinks into the skin easily and it re-hydrated my cuticle area after being exposed to the UV light and a cleanser and nail polish remover which are drying agents. And after that I applied my favorite 2u1 balm which I reviewed here.

And here is the finished manicure. I wasn't satisfied with the thickness of it, they've told us it needs to be thicker so it peels off easily, but I'm trying out thinner layers now and I don't still see much of the difference but that is for the future post I don't want to rush to conclusions. Nail polish in this manicure is Essence Do you speak love? and on accents it's added Time for romance.

And I saved food for last even though I know it might steal the post but it was delicious and these cupcakes were so cute I had to snatch the nail polish one at the end and there was this amazing cake that was made with the little products from the gel kit. I don't have a picture from my camera but there is one on my instagram account so head over there if you want to see it (my instagram).

I never previously did any kind of gel or acrylic nails at the salons because I didn't like the constant need to file them and it looks strange when they are growing out and they are usually pretty thick, this with a peel off base is a nice innovation that will make me try it out and see if my nail polish stays on for longer, I like to try out these non permanent things. I'll keep you updated on my progress with these gel nails. Are you interested in trying something like this or maybe have you already tried it? Do you wear one shade for a long time or you are like me changing it up all the time? :)